{"id":10372,"date":"2012-03-14T16:00:33","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T21:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=10372"},"modified":"2012-03-14T12:41:39","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T17:41:39","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-symphony-to-perform-classical-masterworks-during-free-march-18th-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2012\/03\/14\/austin-peay-state-university-symphony-to-perform-classical-masterworks-during-free-march-18th-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University Symphony to perform Classical Masterworks during free March 18th Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-53068\" title=\"The APSU Music Department \" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/APSU-music-200x141.jpg\" alt=\"The APSU Music Department\" width=\"200\" height=\"141\" \/>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; One afternoon in the late 1880s, according to a popular legend, the Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky met with the man he considered a \u201cmediocre composer\u201d \u2013 Johannes Brahms. The topic of their conversation quickly turned to music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can only write something that is beautiful,\u201d Tchaikovsky is rumored to have pompously said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can only write something that is perfect,\u201d Brahms replied.<!--more-->For Dr. Gregory Wolynec, Austin Peay State University associate professor of music, that statement pretty well sums up the legacy and works of the great German composer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrahms is one of those figures that musicians tend to talk about with a softer voice and a little bit more reverence,\u201d Wolynec said softly. \u201cHis music is frequently referred to as perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At 4:00pm on March 18th, Wolynec will lead the APSU Symphony in a performance of Brahms\u2019s pastoral Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73. The concert, showcasing Brahms\u2019 perfection, is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly beautiful, and it\u2019s the only one of Brahms symphonies that ends with a big triumphant ending,\u201d Wolynec said. \u201cIt\u2019s been an absolute thrill to work on it with our students. A number of times during rehearsals, I\u2019ve said, \u2018this is my favorite spot.\u2019 I\u2019ve probably said that 12 times&#8230;about 12 different places.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Brahms\u2019 symphony is the capstone of an impressive program set for that evening. The concert will open with notable classical works, featuring the winners of the annual Concerto Competition. Each spring, APSU graduate and undergraduate students audition for the opportunity to play a concerto, which is a solo piece accompanied by the orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s winners are graduate guitarist Andrew Jurik and undergraduate clarinetist Yamil Camacho.<\/p>\n<p>Jurik, studying guitar performance under APSU professor of music Stanley Yates, will perform Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco\u2019s Concerto No. 1 for Guitar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to do the last movement of it, which is really dancelike and colorful,\u201d Wolynec said.<\/p>\n<p>[320left]Camacho, studying clarinet performance under APSU assistant professor of music Mingzhe Wang, will tackle the first movement of Carl Maria von Weber\u2019s Concerto No. 2 for Clarinet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really very dramatic,\u201d Wolynec said.<\/p>\n<p>In between those two pieces, graduate student Ron de la Vega will take the stage as a guest conductor to lead the symphony in the \u201cIntermezzo\u201d from Pietro Mascagni\u2019s \u201cCavalleria Rusticana.\u201d The piece was famously used in the opening credits of Martin Scorsese\u2019s \u201cRaging Bull\u201d and during the opera scene in Francis Ford Coppola\u2019s \u201cThe Godfather, Part III.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a really gorgeous, Italian piece from the Verismo opera tradition,\u201d Wolynec said.<\/p>\n<p>The APSU Symphony is made up of APSU students and musicians from the local community. The Sunday concert is a great opportunity to appreciate or be introduced to great works in music literature.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the concert, contact the APSU Department of Music at 931.221.7818.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; One afternoon in the late 1880s, according to a popular legend, the Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky met with the man he considered a \u201cmediocre composer\u201d \u2013 Johannes Brahms. The topic of their conversation quickly turned to music. \u201cI can only write something that is beautiful,\u201d Tchaikovsky is rumored to have pompously said. 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